Published 6:30 am, Saturday, October 18, 2014

SHEPHERD — A tough season got tougher for Bullock Creek’s football team on Friday, as the Lancers lost another game and possibly another quarterback.

With regular starting quarterback Z Westley already lost for the season with a broken ankle, backup QB Caleb Somerville sprained an ankle in the first half Friday, as host Shepherd scored 32 unanswered points to beat Creek 32-8 for the Bluejays’ first win of the season.

“He gutted it out in the second half, but mobility was a big issue for him,” Lancers’ coach Steve Miller said of Somerville. “I think he played pretty well for not getting any reps there this year. We put him in a tough situation, needing to throw once we got down.”

Somerville gave Creek an early 8-0 lead with a 1-yard touchdown run and a 2-point conversion pass to Kegan Marshall in the first quarter.

Shepherd, however, scored twice to take a 14-8 lead into halftime, then outscored the Lancers 18-0 in the second half.

Somerville finished 15 of 28 passing for 159 yards but was picked off three times, one of which came on a tipped ball. He also ran the ball 10 times for 44 yards and a TD, while Jordan Dopp had six catches for 78 yards.

Ryan Robinette and Ben McCann each finished with seven tackles for the Lancers, including two tackles for loss by McCann.

Creek (2-6, 2-5 TVC Central) closes out its season next Friday at Pinconning.

Freeland 35,

Alma 20

FREELAND — Sixth-ranked Freeland rushed for over 300 yards on the way to a 35-20 win over visiting Alma in Tri-Valley Conference Central football Friday.

Matt Formsma rushed for 136 yards and a touchdown for the Falcons, while Ryan Schauman rushed for 100 yards and two TDs, and Jake Jankoska rushed for 64 yards while catching five passes for 111 yards and a TD.

Jarett Riffel completed 7 of 12 passes for 144 yards and a touchdown.

“We were pretty balanced on offense today, actually,” said Freeland coach Kevin Townsend. “(Alma) wanted to ruin our season. It was one of those games where their record doesn’t show how good they really are.”

Formsma led the Falcons on defense with 11 tackles, two sacks, and an interception, while Tucker LyVere had 11 tackles and three sacks, and Jankoska had nine tackles and an interception.

Schauman had six tackles and recorded his sixth interception of the season for Freeland, while Chad Kushner added two sacks for Freeland.